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I am fueled entirely by white guilt.

Solomon’s intelligence cannot go understated.

It’s good to be back on the train of human depravity.

Solomon’s asides about the planting of and harvesting of crops is the only peace to be found in this novel.

Solomon just spent 8 pages describing the process of planting, cultivating, and replanting cotton and corn. I know this probably means he’s about to describe an atrocity he endured in the next chapter, but it’s small, descriptive moments like that which are so interesting.

Even the “kind” individuals that Solomon encounters are only that way because they think it will make their slaves more obedient. Beyond dehumanizing.